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Our last stop has been Gatlinburg, TN. We enjoyed our visit to the Dixie Stampede and Dollywood. Jim looked all over the place, high and low but never saw Dolly! We ran into the Compton's from Lexington who happened to be here too. We enjoyed having dinner together with Ben, Suzanne, Charlie and Nancy. It was nice to have friends to enjoy a meal with again.

It will be wonderful to be back in South Carolina even though there will be lots of changes from ...

... on Brewer Road, just off NC-281. From here, we hiked down the old gated logging road that follows Thompson River downstream. In about a mile, we passed the side trail that leads to High Falls and shortly after that, we had to ford the river. The water level was lower than the last time I was here as there were several exposed rocks sticking out above the surface. Not enough to rock hop though, so we had to wade across. ...

... 24 hours though so we may have been wanting to buy milk at 3am and it may have been taking us a realllllly long time to decide if there were any other grocery items we needed to add to our shopping list?? As it turned out, we didn't get disturbed but Ben and I didn't sleep especially well that night, both waiting for a knock at the door.

... to reaching a few of my campers hearts last week and help them take this great camp expereince and walk them through what it may look like when they go back home. This week I have been challenged with a language barrier as it is Spanish week, luckily my ladies in my small group are locals and speak good English along with Spanish.

I am encouraged by God's presence here at the camp and particularly within my own life, as I have seen God ...

... at the new Soco Cycles tighten it. Don went with her, while I iced my thigh after almost dropping my bike while man-handling it in the parking lot. Thanks Don, you saved my leg! I have been having a very rough week....

Tomorrow, off to Tellico Plains, Tennessee Forecast is calling for showers down here all week. NO!!!!